Actor
Mikhail Kaufman
Born 5 September 1897 · Bialystok, Grodno Province, Russian Empire (now Poland) — died 3 November 1980
Mikhail Kaufman (1897–1980) was a Soviet cinematographer and documentary filmmaker, brother of Dziga Vertov. He shot Vertov's Kino-Pravda newsreels and Man with a Movie Camera, in which he also appears as the cameraman. He directed his own city and nature documentaries, including Moscow and In Spring.
Key films
Man with a Movie Camera (1929)
Vertov's landmark experimental documentary, shot by Kaufman, who also appears on screen as the cameraman.
Kino-Pravda No. 8 (1922)
Part of Vertov's pioneering newsreel series, on which Kaufman began working as a cameraman.
Moscow (1927)
Kaufman's first film as director, a city symphony portrait of the Soviet capital.
In Spring (1929)
His directed documentary on the arrival of spring, showing his independent style from Vertov.
An Unprecedented Campaign (1931)
A film he directed in the early 1930s, rounding out his short run of directing credits.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 13
- 1922Kino-Pravda No. 8Actor
- 1927MoscowDirector
- 1927A Day at NurseryDirector
- 1929Man with a Movie Camera · as The CameramanActor
- 1929In SpringDirector
- 1931An Unprecedented CampaignDirector
- 1933A Great VictoryDirector
- 1939Our MoscowDirector
- 1945Earth in SpaceDirector
- 1955Halo StoryDirector
- 1964Planet of SecretsDirector
- 1966World Without a Game · as SelfActor
- 2002All Vertovs · as (archive footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.